From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754853AbaC3X6g (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:58:36 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:37332 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754562AbaC3XnW (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:43:22 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Jens Axboe" Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:23:35 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 107/200] block: add cond_resched() to potentially long running ioctl discard loop In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 192.168.4.249 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2.56-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jens Axboe commit c8123f8c9cb517403b51aa41c3c46ff5e10b2c17 upstream. When mkfs issues a full device discard and the device only supports discards of a smallish size, we can loop in blkdev_issue_discard() for a long time. If preempt isn't enabled, this can turn into a softlock situation and the kernel will start complaining. Add an explicit cond_resched() at the end of the loop to avoid that. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- block/blk-lib.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) --- a/block/blk-lib.c +++ b/block/blk-lib.c @@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_de atomic_inc(&bb.done); submit_bio(type, bio); + + /* + * We can loop for a long time in here, if someone does + * full device discards (like mkfs). Be nice and allow + * us to schedule out to avoid softlocking if preempt + * is disabled. + */ + cond_resched(); } /* Wait for bios in-flight */